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Quote of the Day
"Sometimes a company that appears to be selling a product is actually selling a service and in these cases a superficial analysis of the profit margins can make them look unsustainably high or even exploitative."
(Sean Stannard-Stockton)
Chart of the Day
Immigrants and their children founded 45% of the current Fortune 500 companies.
Markets
- These stocks are the most over-owned. (wsj.com)
- The coming week is going to be jam-packed with news. (dashofinsight.com)
Sprint and T-Mobile
- The T-Mobile ($TMUS)-Sprint ($S) merger is a go. (nytimes.com)
- Is Dish ($DISH) really going to a viable wireless competitor? (wsj.com)
Finance
- Banning buybacks is a non-starter but these moves could take the worst of them off the table. (finance.yahoo.com)
- State and local pension funds still expect 7.4% annual returns. (wsj.com)
Fund management
- Robo-advisor portfolio performance compared. (barrons.com)
- How long would you be willing to lock, I mean really lock, your money up for? (wsj.com)
- Active management in the era of negative bond yields. (fattailedandhappy.com)
- When CDs beat bond funds. (advisorperspectives.com)
Global
- Despite an 8% official unemployment rates, France has a problem filling jobs especially in manufacturing. (nytimes.com)
- The world wants more natural gas. (sl-advisors.com)
Housing
- Why isn't residential home investment higher? (econbrowser.com)
- There is a whole class of people priced out of the housing market. (wsj.com)
Economy
- 2% GDP growth is the new 4%. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- Does GDP double-count investment? (voxeu.org)
- A succinct summary of the week's economic events. (ritholtz.com)
- The economic schedule for the coming week. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Top clicks this week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Longform links: staying out of the sun. (abnormalreturns.com)
